and afghanistan, defense secretary leon panetta says afghan president should be grateful the u.s. continues to safeguard that country. >> coalition troops are expected to leave afghanistan by the end of 2014. afghanistan is threatening to request china for help if the u.s. cuts off supplies. more protestors plan to rally in oakland tonight. they will launch a protest called mission failure. the rally starts at 6:00 p.m.. >>> it's the fifth day in a row that fire has been exchanged over the border of turkey and syria and leon panetta says it's something to be concerned about. the clashes could escalate and spread to neighboring countries. the u.s. is relaying concerns about the continuing fire between the two countries. five turkish civilians were killed on wednesday. >>> tensions could escalate between north and south korea. south korea announced the u.s. will allow seoul to develop longer range missiles that could strike all of north korea. in 2001 the u.s. persuaded seoul to ban missiles with a payload of more than 100 pounds. it's believed that north korea has rockets that can